I guess Los Angeles is one of those areas then. It's really good here.
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In the U.S., there are way more people using smartphones, and they are all tethering.
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Sprint iPhone Users Complaining of Slow 3G Data Speeds
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I guess Los Angeles is one of those areas then. It's really good here.
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In the U.S., there are way more people using smartphones, and they are all tethering.
Hahahaha. Who didn't see this coming?
If the dish isn't tasting right then Let's look at the recipe and see what the problem is.
Bad data speed recipe.
1. Take 3rd largest cell phone carrier with stocks at around $22 per share in 2007.
2. Make bad investment in Wimax only to realize its not the future of cell phone data.
3. Let stocks depreciate 1000% down to $2 per share.
4. Stop expanding network due to lack of cash flow and considerable drop in stock price.
5. Make your company "seem" more valuable than the 2 cell phone companies that are bigger and much more financially stable than you by offering unlimited data plans without throttling.
6. Use your last $20 billion in reserves to invest in iPhones rather than building up your network infrastructure.
7. Overload your already lower quality network infrastructure with a couple million new users all trying to take advantage of your unlimited data offerings.
Let simmer for a few months.
What do you get?
Millions of unhappy customers lol.
If the dish isn't tasting right then Let's look at the recipe and see what the problem is.
Bad data speed recipe.
1. Take 3rd largest cell phone carrier with stocks at around $22 per share in 2007.
2. Make bad investment in Wimax only to realize its not the future of cell phone data.
3. Let stocks depreciate 1000% down to $2 per share.
4. Stop expanding network due to lack of cash flow and considerable drop in stock price.
5. Make your company "seem" more valuable than the 2 cell phone companies that are bigger and much more financially stable than you by offering unlimited data plans without throttling.
6. Use your last $20 billion in reserves to invest in iPhones rather than building up your network infrastructure.
7. Overload your already lower quality network infrastructure with a couple million new users all trying to take advantage of your unlimited data offerings.
Let simmer for a few months.
What do you get?
Millions of unhappy customers lol.
Whatever, I just use random wifi networks everywhere on my iPod Touch with eWifi. There is always an unlocked router or one with a default password.
FREE faster-than-4G service!!!
Because some people want a network that is always available. You folks who live in bumble-***** get great signal, us in urban areas AT&T is beyond awful.
Last night, in a bar my "great" at&t couldnt get signal until i manually switched it to edge, my verizon friends all had working 3g connections.
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Funny, my LA friends report tons of missed calls and dropped calls. Glad it works for you.
iPhone is a global phone, not just America
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Please post pics from your iPhones.
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Siri has a lot of problems connecting for me too
Siri has a lot of problems connecting for me too
Also, by comparison my original iPad 3G is an AT&T model and gets comparable speeds:
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LA is just bad terrain and spread out awful for cell service. Im sure you can find a spot where each carrier doesn't get service and another one does. I know I've had service there and Tmobile and Verizon didn't.
LA is just bad terrain and spread out awful for cell service. Im sure you can find a spot where each carrier doesn't get service and another one does. I know I've had service there and Tmobile and Verizon didn't.
Everyone should check out this nationwide carrier test for iphones being run by Gizmodo!
http://gizmodo.com/5820965/the-great-iphone-4s-national-network-test
http://gizmodo.com/5820965/the-great-iphone-4s-national-network-test
Sprint's network is so bad!
I was with AT&T for my iPhone 4 and switched to sprint for the unlimited plan for the 4S but i switched back because sprint's network was SO SLOW. MY GOD. theres a reason sprint offered unlimited, its because you'll end up less data after how slow it is!
I was with AT&T for my iPhone 4 and switched to sprint for the unlimited plan for the 4S but i switched back because sprint's network was SO SLOW. MY GOD. theres a reason sprint offered unlimited, its because you'll end up less data after how slow it is!
Thanks to Siri, we can see that Norway is 125,021 sq mi.
Sweden is 173,860 sq mi.
The US is 3.719 million sq mi.
I think I can forgive them for having some shoddy infrastructure. That is a huge difference in land area to cover.
Australia is 7.6mil sq km (2.9mil sq mi), we have crap internet, but our government is spending 43billion AUD (43.6billion USD) on upgrading us to fibre.... For 20million people... We have nearly as much land mass and 1/15th of the population.... That's why australia has crap infrastructure.... Good HSPA+ speeds though
This kind of thing is incredibly difficult to peg at any point in time let alone a launch weekend, but for some more perspective, my Verizon iPhone 4 (from initial launch in February) got whipped consistently by my friend's iPhone 4S running on Sprint. I was getting around 1 Mbps per second consistently, give or take 250 Kbps, while my friend was getting 1.6 Mbps give or take about 100 Kbps. So there you go, another example.
Edit: Also, I used to have a Blackberry Curve 8330 running on Sprint and consistently got at least around 500 Kbps. I think patience is key here. There will be bugs for a bit, but they'll get worked out.
Edit: Also, I used to have a Blackberry Curve 8330 running on Sprint and consistently got at least around 500 Kbps. I think patience is key here. There will be bugs for a bit, but they'll get worked out.
Ummm don't worry that 160kbps connection is unlimited though!
Seriously people don't realize your network won't speed up just because of the phone. In fact your already sort of slow Sprint network will slow down a lot from the weight of the massive amount of iPhones being added to it.
Enjoy Sprint users my AT&T iPhone 4S only returned speeds of just over 6mbps down and 1.5 up earlier today. Ill try again in a minute and see what happens.
Seriously people don't realize your network won't speed up just because of the phone. In fact your already sort of slow Sprint network will slow down a lot from the weight of the massive amount of iPhones being added to it.
Enjoy Sprint users my AT&T iPhone 4S only returned speeds of just over 6mbps down and 1.5 up earlier today. Ill try again in a minute and see what happens.
gizmodo's survey is so unscientific people are testing configs that don't exist. That site is a joke.
The irony being you have to say that with a post, because you can't get a phone call to last more than 2 seconds. ;-)
The irony being you have to say that with a post, because you can't get a phone call to last more than 2 seconds. ;-)
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I stuck with AT&T, and I'm getting 7-8 MB downloads in rural Texas. I also have an older Sprint aircard (soon to be retired) that gets, at best, .5 MB. I love being able to talk and Internet at same time. Used it twice today alone!
I stuck with AT&T, and I'm getting 7-8 MB downloads in rural Texas. I also have an older Sprint aircard (soon to be retired) that gets, at best, .5 MB. I love being able to talk and Internet at same time. Used it twice today alone!
I have a Galaxy S2 with Sprint in addition to my iPhone (VZW). Speeds have been good, no problem with coverage whatsover. I"m in Northern CA.
This is much ado about nothing. Sprint is also in the process of upgrading their backhaul. Speeds are only going to get better. I don't know how much longer they'll be able to offer unlimited data, but I bet when they stop their packages will still be superior to ATT and VZW.
This is the problem with the internet, it's become a room full of complainers. YOu see enough you assume it's a widespread problem when nothing could be further from the truth.
This is much ado about nothing. Sprint is also in the process of upgrading their backhaul. Speeds are only going to get better. I don't know how much longer they'll be able to offer unlimited data, but I bet when they stop their packages will still be superior to ATT and VZW.
This is the problem with the internet, it's become a room full of complainers. YOu see enough you assume it's a widespread problem when nothing could be further from the truth.
Do you really think the size of your country is what matters?
United States 83 people per square mile
Norway 34 people per square mile
Sweden 54 people per square mile
Distribution is probably more important than density but much harder to sum up in a single number.